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Brian H. Gill
I was born in 1951. I'm a husband, father and grandfather. One of the kids graduated from college in December, 2008, and is helping her husband run businesses and raise my granddaughter; another is a cartoonist and artist; #3 daughter is a writer; my son is developing a digital game with #3 and #1 daughters. I'm also a writer and artist.
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Faustus, Valdes and Cornelius: With Friends Like These…
(From Jürgen Ludwig, via Wikimedia Commons, used w/o permission.) I talked about angels, real and imagined, last month; mentioned Doctor Faustus’ big plans, including putting a brass wall around Germany, and said that I’d talk about Valdes and Cornelius next … Continue reading
Posted in Discursive Detours, Journal, Marlowe's Faustus, Series
Tagged folklore and myth, health, history, medicine, science
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Faustus: Good Angel, Bad Angel, Parma and Politics
(From Ken Eckert, via Wikimedia Commons, used w/o permission.) A year and three weeks ago, I started writing about Marlowe’s “Faustus” play: “The Tragical History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus.” Three months later, I’d finished three more. … Continue reading
Posted in Discursive Detours, Marlowe's Faustus, Series
Tagged angels, art, demons, free will, history, politics
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Exoplanets, Iron, Evolution and Strange Geochemistry
Science stories and topics have been piling up in my ‘to do’ list for more than a year. This week, I’m catching up on what we’re learning about life here on Earth; and developments in the ongoing search for extraterrestrial … Continue reading
Posted in Exoplanets and Aliens, Science News, Series
Tagged astrobiology, astronomy, biology, evolution, exomoons, exoplanets, geology, science, stars
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A Poem and a Picture: Pip’s Christmas
I’m working on a “Christmas” post that should be ready by tomorrow morning. But in case it’s not, here’s something seasonal and slightly silly. Pip’s Christmas ‘Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the shop Nothing was stirring, you … Continue reading